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There May Be A Castle longlisted for People’s Book Prize
Posted on November 6, 2018
Completely delighted to learn that There May Be A Castle has been longlisted for The People’s Book Prize 2018 (Children’s) The People’s Book Prize is…
8½ reasons to celebrate
Posted on January 21, 2019
This year on Thursday 7 March, the Ministry of Stories – of which I am a proud Trustee – will celebrate 8½ years of existence. We’ll be doing this in our time-honoured fashion of hosting an amazing pa…
The Lost Magician shortlisted for Alexandra Palace Book Award 2019
Posted on January 10, 2019
The Lost Magician is shortlisted for the inaugural Biblio-Buzz Alexandra Palace Book Awards, formerly Haringey Children’s Book Awards. Chosen by librarians in my local borough of Haringey, the full sh…
The Lost Magician is a ‘Book of the Year’…
Posted on December 23, 2018
…in an astonishing number of publications. The response to this book is overwhelming. I’m so happy that so many have taken the story and its message to their hearts. As well as featuring in many end…
Box of Delights is “Best Christmas Show in town!”
Posted on December 7, 2018
The Box of Delights has been re-opened at Wilton’s Music Hall for another year, and the response has been extraordinary. Attitude have called it “the best Christmas show in London” in their five star…
The Box is Back!
Posted on July 5, 2018
Watch out, because those wolves are running again… It is with splendiferous pleasure that I announce that, following our sold out, critically acclaimed four star run at Wilton’s Music Hall last year…
Announcing Authors4Oceans – take the plastic pledge!
Posted on April 24, 2018
Today I proudly join over 50 of the UK’s top authors and illustrators, including Sir Michael Morpurgo, Chris Riddell and Jacqueline Wilson, as we pledge our support for a campaign encouraging the book…